March 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting students in Chicago and across the world to “protest warming, pleading for their future.”
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/students-in-chicago-across-the-world–protest-warming-pleading-for-their-future/5198341/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/16/2019

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Friday marks 7 years since Blago started prison sentence – Sally Schulze (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. September 30, 2018 marked 21 years since my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” I should write a book about them and about those who have used their success to demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/friday-marks-7-years-since-blago-started-prison-sentence

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New Zealand shooting shows how YouTube and Facebook spread hate and violent images — yet again – Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell and Andrew Ba Tran (DIERSEN: The New Zealand shooter had to know that his actions would be used to promote hated against individuals, against organizations, against companies, against governments, and against countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-new-zealand-shooting-social-media-20190315-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago spent more than $113 million on police misconduct lawsuits in 2018 – Jonah Newman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-police-misconduct-lawsuit-payouts-totaled-113-million-2018/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use New Zealand to promote hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-zealand-racism-america/
— LaHood says Boeing, FAA too slow to ground 737 Max jets after crashes – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: What does LaHood say about the Democrats who run the federal government who use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/ray-lahood-boeing-737-max-transportation-faa/
— Sanders-inspired Our Revolution Chicago grassroots political organization endorses Lightfoot – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Have you served as a chairman of a grassroots political organization? I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. That gives me standing to assess the performance of chairmen of political organizations. In addition, I served as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, and an Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-mayoral-runoff-lori-lightfood-endorsement-our-revolution-chicago-bernie-sanders/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Gorman’s out at the tollway as new board moves in – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190315/gormans-out-at-the-tollway-as-new-board-moves-in

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois’ Tier 2 pensions continue to anger teachers, other public employees – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: In 1983, the federal government ended its Civil Service Retirement System for its new employees and required them join its less-generous Federal Employees Retirement System. That turned federal employees hired after 1983 against federal employees like me who were hired before 1983.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190315/illinois-tier-2-pensions-continue-to-anger-teachers-other-public-employees
— UIS students to see 63% increase in health insurance costs – AP

https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190314/uis-students-to-see-63-increase-in-health-insurance-costs

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Rep. Mike Bost’s microphone cut during House debate on infanticide
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article228023009.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Bustos tops Republicans’ target list – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: What target lists are you on? I am on the target lists of those individuals and organizations that a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bustos-tops-republicans-target-list/article_f390bf12-54e8-5a36-bc82-1ff3de28cb56.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— No job, no food stamps: Would stricter rules let the poor feel ‘power of work’ or just be ‘cruel’? – ALEXIA ELEJALDE-RUIZ (DIERSEN: How BAD should the jobs be that food stamp recipients should be expected to take? The operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents, many of whom have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, have made it extremely clear that they would never have stooped to take the BAD jobs that I took. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/no-job-no-food-stamps-would-stricter-rules-let-the/article_ee44f92c-8763-58ef-934c-085a4aaffd96.html

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— What kind of County Board leadership do we want? – Chuck Sweeny:
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190316/chuck-sweeny-what-kind-of-county-board-leadership-do-we-want

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Muslims use New Zealand a) to condemn Trump and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote Islam.
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/15/703904631/after-new-zealand-attacks-muslim-americans-call-for-action-against-rising-bigotr

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/grant-park-hosting-inaugural-pride-park-june

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— COD chairman, former chairman put full support behind board candidates Corrigan and Incrocci – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512295419-cod-chairman-former-chairman-put-full-support-behind-board-candidates-corrigan-and-incrocci

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Bipartisan coalition Transform Illinois makes government consolidation a high priority for 2019 – Kyla Asbury (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those politicians, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that I should be destroyed a) because I SUPPORT government consolidation and b) because I OPPOSE government consolidation. I should write a book about the aforesaid and the actions that they have taken to destroy me. They include past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois officials, members, and employees.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512294877-bipartisan-coalition-transform-illinois-makes-government-consolidation-a-high-priority-for-2019

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IS THE DRIVE TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IGNORING MAJOR RISKS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/03/is-the-drive-to-legalize-marijuana-ignoring-major-risks.html
— FORMER LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF MARK CURRAN PROMISES TO DEFY SPRINGFIELD SMOKING BAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/03/former-lake-county-sheriff-promises-to-defy-springfield-smoking-ban.html
— PRO-LIFE VICTORIES AMID SPRINGFIELD’S ABORTION OBSESSION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/03/pro-life-victories-amid-springfields-abortion-obsession.html

 

GOPUSA
— Gay Democrat president candidate attacks Pence’s Christianity (DIERSEN: Who attacks your Christianity? I should write a book about those who attack my Christianity. Better yet, I should sue them. They crow that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church. They are extremely nasty, judgmental, condescending, and vicious. They focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails. Should I have an attorney send them cease and desist letters? Should I get court orders against them? It would be interesting to see them argue in court that I am a “public figure.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/gay-dem-pres-candidate-attacks-pences-christianity/
— Language Unites: One Tongue For All (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage immigrants to speak, read, and write in foreign languages.)
http://www.gopusa.com/language-unites-one-tongue-for-all/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— New Zealand Shooting Typically Politicized by the Left
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/03/15/new-zealand-shooting-typically-politicized-by-the-left/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use New Zealand to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/15/cory-booker-warns-rising-tide-of-white-supremacy/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Warren In ’03: Weed Can Cause Addiction, Health Problems, Traffic Accidents Dem hopeful backing weed legalization previously sounded alarm – Charles Fain Lehman and David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-in-03-weed-can-cause-addiction-health-problems-traffic-accidents/

 

FOX NEWS
— Border crisis: When will Dems in Congress admit their hatred for Trump means more than U.S. security? – Brett Velicovich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/border-crisis-when-will-dems-in-congress-admit-their-hatred-for-trump-means-more-than-us-security
— New Zealand shooting’s a social media wake-up call — YouTube, others, must stop amplifying violent crimes – Harmeet K. Dhillon
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-zealand-shootings-a-social-media-wake-up-call-youtube-others-must-stop-amplifying-violent-crimes
— Court files reveal role of McCain, associate in spreading anti-Trump dossier – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: To turn my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates spread copies of Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-files-reveal-role-of-mccain-aide-in-spreading-anti-trump-dossier
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Yes, illegal immigration is a national emergency, but not for the reasons Trump is giving.”
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/yes-illegal-immigration-is-a-national-emergency-but-not-for-the-reasons-trump-is-giving

 

DAILY CALLER
— GOP ILLINOIS REP. ADAM KINZINGER FIGHTS BACK: YOU CAN’T PIN NEW ZEALAND MASSACRE ON TRUMP – Phillip Stucky
https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/15/gop-rep-fights-back-new-zealand/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Democrats to Legal Voters: Drop Dead – Brian Lonergan
https://amgreatness.com/2019/03/15/democrats-to-legal-voters-drop-dead/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Divisive CNN Blames Trump Giving NZ Terrorist ‘Credence,’ ‘Validity’; There’s a ‘Connection’ – Curtis Houck
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2019/03/15/divisive-cnn-blames-trump-giving-nz-terrorist-credence-validity

 

BREITBART
— Feds: Illegal Aliens’ Health Care Costs U.S. Taxpayers Quarter of a $Billion Annually – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/15/ffeds-illigal-aliens-health-care-costs-u-s-taxpayers-quarter-of-a-billion-annually/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHY IMMIGRATION IS OUT OF CONTROL Brent Smith explains how lower courts continue to ‘create rights’ out of thin air
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/why-immigration-is-out-of-control/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Hollywood Liberals Respond to New Zealand Shooting by Attacking Trump
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/03/hollywood-liberals-respond-to-new-zealand-shooting-by-attacking-trump/

 

REPUBLICAN AMERICAN
— Can social media be as addictive to teens as pot? – Peter Rowe (DIERSEN: Thanks to my outstanding parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, Trinity Lutheran Church and Grade School in Crete, and Hope Lutheran Church and Grade School in Park Forest, I have never used an illegal drug, I have never succumbed to any addictions, and I never will.)
https://www.rep-am.com/post/2019/03/15/can-social-media-be-as-addictive-to-teens-as-pot/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Academia wastes no time blaming Trump for New Zealand murders – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academia-wastes-no-time-blaming-trump-for-new-zealand-murders/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Wall Street Has Been Unscathed by MeToo. Until Now. – David Gelles
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/business/metoo-wall-street-tcw-tirschwell-ravich.html

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use New Zealand to promote hatred of Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434340-new-zealand-mosque-killings-raise-fears-among-us-muslims
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/434347-the-memo-questions-sharpen-for-trump-after-new-zealand-massacre

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use New Zealand to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-jim-acosta-white-nationalism-white-house_n_5c8c91f4e4b03e83bdc13009

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— U.S. job openings rise, outnumber the unemployed by 1 million – CHRISTOPHER RUGABER (DIERSEN: What percent of these open jobs are BAD jobs? What percent of those unemployed are not qualified for the open jobs?)
https://www.apnews.com/714ddad39e884533a738f72abc0c0342

 

AOL
— Jeb Bush says a Republican should come forward and challenge Trump in 2020
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/03/16/jeb-bush-a-republican-come-forward-challenge-trump-2020/23693796/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use New Zealand to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/15/trump-finally-found-small-group-people-that-isnt-crisis-white-nationalists/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A Mass Murder of, and for, the Internet – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/technology/facebook-youtube-christchurch-shooting.html
— Another Admissions Advantage for the Affluent: Just Pay Full Price – Ron Lieber
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/your-money/college-admissions-wealth.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/opinion/republicans-trump-veto-emergency.html
— Massacre Suspect Traveled the World but Lived on the Internet – David D. Kirkpatrick
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-shooting-brenton-tarrant.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— New Zealand mosque suspect linked to white nationalist internet manifesto – MELISSA ETEHAD and LEILA MILLER
https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-new-zealand-shooting-suspect-20190315-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pritzker’s Illinois Exit Ramp The new Governor proposes blowing up the state flat tax. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pritzkers-illinois-exit-ramp-11552690370
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Colleges Ponder Tainted Donations – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: What about donations that activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, political consultants, etc. in Illinois who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican seek/accept from individuals, organizations, and/or companies a) that want them to dump planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and/or the Republican Party platform, b) that want them to dump the Milton Township Republican Party resolution against video gambling, and/or c) that want them to dump Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-campus-the-fallout-from-the-college-admissions-scandal-11552675170
— New Zealand Shooting Suspect Ranged Widely Online and Off Hate-filled manifesto espousing white supremacy was posted around the time of the attacks – Rhiannon Hoyle, Rob Taylor and Saeed Shah
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-zealand-shooting-suspect-is-28-year-old-australian-11552660359
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter Scramble to Remove Video of New Zealand Mosque Shooting Social-media companies have struggled to block violent content despite public outcry and political pressure – Jon Emont, Georgia Wells and Mike Cherney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/live-video-of-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-dodges-social-media-safeguards-11552657931
— When Does Political Gerrymandering Cross the Line? – Jo Craven McGinty (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-does-political-gerrymandering-cross-the-line-11552649400

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use New Zealand to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/15/new-zealand-christchurch-mosque-shootings-linked-u-s-racism/3175272002/

 

TOLEDO BLADE
— Reparations is socialism disguised – REV. DARRELL SCOTT
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2019/03/16/reparations-is-socialism-disguised-reverend-darrell-scott/stories/20190314104

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Pensions for Some New Federal Employees – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Looking forward to a Civil Service Retirement System pension helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/03/trump-administration-proposes-eliminating-pensions-some-new-feds/155608/

 

ATLANTIC
— Social Media Are a Mass Shooter’s Best Friend A terrorist attack in New Zealand cast new blame on how technology platforms police content. But global internet services were designed to work this way, and there might be no escape from their grip. – IAN BOGOST
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/how-terrorism-new-zealand-spread-social-media/585040/

 

GUARDIAN
— Trump supporters find new appreciation for safe spaces – Luke O’Neil
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/16/trump-supporters-app-63red-safe-scott-wallace
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2019/mar/16/donald-trump-breitbart-interview-white-supremacy

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.